Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.
Louis D. BrandeisI think all of our human Experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part
Louis D. BrandeisThe goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden eggs laid by somebody else's goose. The investment bankers and their associates now enjoy that privilege.
Louis D. BrandeisThe constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely as to what loyalty to our country demands, and an intolerant majority, swayed by passion or by fear, may be prone in the future, as it has been in the past, to stamp as disloyal opinions with which it disagrees.
Louis D. Brandeis